Graduate Programs at Hofstra University

Graduate School Overview

Hofstra University (referred to as Hofstra) is a Private, 4 years school located in Hempstead, NY.

The school is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (1/1/1940 - Current).

Hofstra Directory Information
School Name	Hofstra University (Hofstra)
Address	100 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549
Phone	516-463-6600
Web	https://www.hofstra.edu
Online Application	https://www.hofstra.edu/application
Financial Info	https://www.hofstra.edu/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Hofstra is $29,950 in average. The school has 4,128 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 10,238 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 292 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 2 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$29,950
Student Population	4,128
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	292 graduate programs (2 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Hofstra is $29,950 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,570.

Hofstra offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, including tuition guarantee.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tuition	$28,260
Required Fees	$1,020
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tuition	$1,570

Hofstra offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	2 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Hofstra University is $29,950. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.29% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$24,192	$970
2019-2020	$25,164	$970
2020-2021	$26,172	$1,000
2021-2022	$27,180	$1,000
2022-2023	$28,260	$1,020
2023-2024	$29,340	$610

The graduate school tuition & fees of Hofstra is average compared to private graduate schools in New York. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the New York graduate tuition is $23,176 (public) / $25,848 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Hofstra University	$29,950
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
New York Graduate Schools	$21,016	$25,748
Public	$12,252	$23,176
Private	$25,848

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $20,492 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Hofstra.

On-campus living costs are increased by 2.87% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $28,075. Off-campus living costs are increased by 5.97% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$14,998	$2,050	$20,323	$2,508
2019-2020	$15,700	$2,050	$21,083	$2,592
2020-2021	$16,168	$2,050	$21,345	$2,580
2021-2022	$16,168	$2,050	$21,345	$2,580
2022-2023	$17,168	$2,050	$23,890	$2,604
2023-2024	$17,720	$2,050	$25,303	$2,772

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,606 at Hofstra University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.29% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,344
2019-2020	$1,398
2020-2021	$1,454
2021-2022	$1,510
2022-2023	$1,570
2023-2024	$1,606

The law school tuition at Hofstra University is $66,564 for academic year 2022-2023. For medical school, the average tuition & fees is $56,340.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for law school and medical school at Hofstra.

Law School Tuition

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Hofstra University
	Tuition	Fees
Medicine	$54,600	$1,740
Law	$65,838	$726

Graduate Programs at Hofstra

Hofstra University offers 168 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 1,605 students have completed their study at Hofstra University.

Offered Degrees at Hofstra University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	100	2	1,098
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	9	0	55
Doctor's degree - other	3	0	360
Post Bachelor's Degree	12	0	0
Post Master's Degree	44	0	92
Total	168	2	1,605

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Hofstra University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Adult Health Nurse/Nursing program with 19 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Management Science program with 168 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 258 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Hofstra University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	19	-
School Psychology	✕	11	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	✕	11	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	9	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	✕	9	-

Popular Master's Programs at Hofstra University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Management Science	✕	168	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	66	$56,400
Physician Assistant	✕	62	-
Accounting	✕	51	$61,700
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	46	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Hofstra University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	258	-
Medicine	✕	96	-
School Psychology	✕	15	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	9	$80,900
Education	✕	8	-

Hofstra University offers 168 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 1,605 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,098 students have earned/completed Master's program.
360 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
92 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	-	-
Journalism	✕	9	-
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (other)	✕	-	-
Public Relations/Image Management	✕	3	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	16	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	2	-
Education [+]	✕	221 completers	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	✕	1	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	2	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	2	$44,700
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	12	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	1	-
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	✕	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	6	$58,800
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	11	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Elementary Special Education Programs	✕	10	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs	✕	9	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	✕	1	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	15	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	3	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	16	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Art Teacher Education	✕	4	-
Business Teacher Education	✕	9	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	✕	4	-
Foreign Language Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Health Teacher Education	✕	13	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	5	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	8	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	38	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	8	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	✕	16	-
Biology Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Chemistry Teacher Education	✕	1	-
French Language Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Physics Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Spanish Language Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	5	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	13	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	20 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	20	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Legal Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	34 completers	-
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	✔	5	-
Health Law	✕	29	-
International Law and Legal Studies	✕	-	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	1 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Creative Writing	✕	1	-
English Literature (British and Commonwealth	✕	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	-	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	4	-
Human/Medical Genetics	✕	-	-
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology (other)	✕	5	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	-	-
Mathematics	✕	-	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	-	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Gerontology	✕	1	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	13	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	53 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	11	$55,100
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	31	-
School Psychology	✕	11	-
Psychology (other)	✕	-	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	29 completers	$32,700
Forensic Science and Technology	✕	29	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Sociology	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	373 completers	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	46	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	66	$56,400
Perfusion Technology/Perfusionist	✕	10	-
Physician Assistant	✕	62	-
Medical Scientist	✕	-	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	4	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	27	-
Public Health	✕	20	$60,600
Health/Medical Physics	✕	8	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	-	-
Art Therapy/Therapist	✕	22	$42,500
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	27	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	✕	3	-
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (other)	✕	4	-
Medical Informatics	✕	19	-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	20	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	32	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	3	-
Business [+]	✕	314 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	7	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	9	$103,500
Accounting	✕	51	$61,700
Finance	✕	8	$60,500
Finance and Financial Management Services (other)	✕	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	1	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	-	-
Management Information Systems	✕	-	-
Management Information Systems and Services (other)	✕	5	-
Management Science	✕	168	-
Business Statistics	✕	20	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	21	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	9	-
Marketing Research	✕	-	-
Taxation	✕	13	$71,300
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	✕	2	$77,200
	Total	1,098

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Education	✕	8	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	4	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	5	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Molecular Medicine	✕	7	-
Psychology [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology	✕	7	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	9	$80,900
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	-	-
School Psychology	✕	15	-
Psychology (other)	✕	-	-
	Total	55

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	258 completers	-
Law	✕	258	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	102 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist	✕	6	-
Medicine	✕	96	-
	Total	360

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Gerontology	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Physician Assistant	✕	-	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	-	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	-	-
Accounting	✕	-	-
Finance	✕	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	-	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	-	-
Management Information Systems	✕	-	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	-	-
	Total	-

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Education	✕	-	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	✕	9	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	8	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	1	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Elementary Special Education Programs	✕	2	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	✕	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Health Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	5	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	2	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	1	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Gerontology	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	11 completers	-
School Psychology	✕	11	-
Psychology (other)	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	-	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	-	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	1	-
Public Health	✕	-	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	✕	-	-
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (other)	✕	-	-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	19	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	1	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	4	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	-	-
Accounting	✕	-	-
Finance	✕	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	-	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	-	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	-	-
	Total	92

Graduate Student Population at Hofstra

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 4,128 students enrolled into Hofstra University graduate schools where it has total 10,238 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 3,016 full-time and 1,112 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,498 male and 2,630 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,128	1,498	2,630
Full-time	3,016	1,151	1,865
Part-tme	1,112	347	765

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 2,221 White (53.80%), 317 Black/African American (7.68%), 444 Hispanic (10.76%), 496 Asian (12.02%), and 650 students with other races. 274 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,128	1,498	2,630
American Indian/Native American	10	5	5
Asian	496	188	308
Black/African American	317	98	219
Hispanic	444	145	299
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	2	4
White	2,221	790	1,431
Two More	91	27	64
Un-Known	269	107	162
Non-resident Alien	274	136	138

Hofstra University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 435 graduate students (10.54% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 720 graduate students (17.44% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	4,128
Enrolled Online Exclusively	435
Enrolled Some Online Courses	720
Not in Online Courses	2,973

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Hofstra University. 1,776 students are aged 20 to 24 (43.02% of total students), 2 students are aged below 20 (0.05%), 142 students are aged above 50 (3.44%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Hofstra University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,128	1,498	2,630
Age 18-19	2	1	1
Age 20-21	116	32	84
Age 22-24	1,660	557	1,103
Age 25-29	1,353	548	805
Age 30-34	409	172	237
Age 35-39	193	65	128
Age 40-49	212	90	122
Age 50-64	133	32	101
Over 64	9	1	8
Age Un-Known	41	0	41

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